Variety (Oct 1933)

VAKIETY PICT E S Tuesdaj, October 10^ 193$ liatK Stocks Market Kite Tal Dong Nodng on lliw Own. hit •I* 011 By AL QREASON There was an; irregular adviancc Irt quiet, spptty tradlhg iii the stock larket yesterday .•. (Mon.)i : with inlhus and. plus sighs iLbout evenly scattered thr<>ugh:, the amusement fartiily. Both gsilns and losses were Of trl ing extent aiiid-once again .suggested that the .picture group have become the tail of the . kite— thfey won't move. under their own impulse but make the best of a.ny strength around them; A feW; speciiilties and most of th<% railroads gaye prices the push yes- terday." Repeat issues ^ "were the pri^e performers, With National Disr tillers crossing lO^O and scoring a. 'gain of 7 points:iat 104. . Johns Man-' ville, another clique favorite, moved al.ead in spirited way. With an ag- gressive, ppoi behind it, Lpew's; could have dpne somethlh^^ but was content with a. top just li?^^^ ^^st week's best at 33% and lost most' of tha,t gain near the close. Warners was. more: determined. and nriade a good showing on the.ticker, crosslnj;; 8 and holding that level to the gonig. Outside news Was niegiigible. Ticker reported the IBlm 'code would .b£_midy Jn aIewLjdayH,-but .that.waa. proved erroneous after the close. Bluihehstoclf:'Starts 0^ Screen Service Nat'lonai Screen nb more than absorbs an . .indie tr^iller- ■■ company than 'another starter up in its place. Following last week's purchase of E3xhibit6rs' Screen. Service, the latest to threaten National, Sid Blumenstock of this . ..company stepped out. and organized for him- self. ipiumenstbck, in association with Milt Sachsdn, formerly in.the the- atre department of Warner Bros., has. formed Special Screen Service, Inc. Bliinienstbck .could .. have mbv^d Into National With Exhib- itors'-Screen, With which he had. been-associated froni Ihceptioh.. MAE AND BEER FOR 'ANGEL' -Ycsterdajr's-Priccs- Sales. 800 SOO 1.600 400 2,100 1.400 600 8,000 4,800 800 6,800 $30,000 8,000 l;000 6,000 7,000 10.000 10,000 10,000 106.000 100 4,200 100 HlRb.LiOW Col. P. cf, 26% . 24% Con. .Fl. tt. 0% . 0% Bast. K... 70%^ 78 1% 7% 2% 8% Fox lH)ew'B ... Par-P. cl.. Pattae .... Do A.... RCA RKO ..... W. B BONDS Gen. t\a, . 6% Do cfB.. Keith's ... Loew's .:. PariF-Ij .. Do ctf... pBr-P .... Do ctf... w. B..... 10% 10% 83% 32% 1% 1% 0 7% 'A 6% 4%. 40 4% 40 86% 86 86 84 80% 80% 82% 82% 81% 81 46% 46 CURB Gen. T. pf. % % Tecb 11% 10% Trans-L .. 1% 1% Net Xiast cbKe. 24%-h % 0% 78 -1% 16% f % 82%+ % 1% + H 7% 2% - % 8 -J- % % *% 2S 86 84 , - % 80% + % 32% - %• 31% — % 4e%+i% % 11% 4-1 1% Hollywood, Oct. 9. Volume was small again, turnover iamountirig to only 1,250,000 for the session. Foreign exchajage did noth- ing either way, while cotton was strong and wheat rallied after a poor start. Industrial average ended the day at . 99.7. . Yea and No As a dull and quiet market week came to its close there w:as nothing new in sight, to shed light tipon a speculative situation that has the best of them stopped. It was with the amusements as--with the gen- erality of shares. Trading Satur- day was the smallest in more, than a month, with prices appearing to creep up, duplicating in a mild manner appropriate to the small turnover the action of the last three week-end sessions. In both the two previous, Saturdays an ap- pearance of late firmness didn't mean a thing,^ as it turned, out later, except that in and oxft shorts chose to retire over the holiday and the Saturday outlook was that they Would again renew their short lines again this time.. Prices were generally oh a shelf, holding to a narrow range and carrying a minor gain to the end of the. Week by virtu© of a brisk rally. at mid-week, based almost entirely upon the technical consid- eration that a fair-sized short in- terest had. accumulated in the pre- cedlnig: ten days' of creeping de- clines, and a brief rally was staged .at the bettrs' expense^ As soon as the more urgent of the weak out- side shorts,. had covered,. volume dropped off and the list sagged in listless tr§.dlng. .. Wall Street itself Is a good deal at sea about tiie near future. NRA riesults In many directions have been dlsappplntlng and strikes In C0ontlnued on page 21) Chadfeld Extending? ^A3cronr0ctr9;"= Beer plug creeps into the broad- cast of the premieres of Tm No Angel' at Grauman's Chinese Thursday night (12). Paramount and the house have tied np with Safeway Stores for the latter to pay the freight for ethering. the opening, with Safe- way's plan to sell its .Bro.wn Derby beer getting oHay from, the com- pany and theatre. Marks a radical departure for film business to hook, up with plug for foam. .Up to present all stu-. dies have sidestepped overtures for stars and players to be on any pro- gram where 3;2 brands are spon- spred. ' roadcast' of the Mae West opening goes over the Don .Lee NBC coast chain, also KNX, local Paraniount station. Paramount working on deal for a hook-In far- ther east, and stations over the Rockies will get the program if ai^- rangements can be completed Tuesday (10). 1st Runs on Broadway (Subject to C^^hange) Week Oct. 13 Paramount—iTm No . Angel* (Par). CapHoi -^ 'Night Flight* (Metro) (2d week). Strand —. ^Fof-lght Parade' (WB) (2d week). Rialtor-'My Woman' (COl). RoxY-^'Saturday's Mllllonis' "(Universal). Musia Halt —'Henry the Eighth* (UA) (12). Mayfair — 'Before D a IV n (ITox). HoWywobtf'Ever My Heart* (WB) (12). RivoM —-Bowery' (UA) (2d Little Carnegie—'"Waltz Time' (G-B) (3d week). Week Oct. 20 . Paramou nt—'1'ra Np (Par) (2d. Week). Capitol—'BombShelV (Metro). Strand— 'Fobtlight Parade' (WB) (3d week). Rialto — 'Headline (Radio), Roxy^'Walls of (Sold' (Fox); Hollywood -^ ? ver In My Heiart* (WB) (2d week). Rivpli —'Bowery* (UA) (3d week). $2 Pictu.res 'Dinner, at Eight' (Metro) (A^tor) (8th week). ' Berkeley Square' (Fox) (Gaiety) (5th week). ilhns 'July 14' (Rene Glair) -(Fren<*h>-(lfittle:Garnegie)--(-19>.— Gov t Code IVoposal H^[h|iglits Harley Cox, who has press agented the Palace here and the' Palace in Youngstowii since Its re- opening, has been recalled to New York, by the Chadfeld Theatres, operatprs pf the local hpuse. His return to the hpme, pfllce cpmes at the same time xeperts of the company increasing Its holdings beyond the Ohio Indiana lopp of theatres. PAR SilBSIDS PLAY BACK AND BOOK WB PRODUCT Warner ros. prpdUct Is virtually set with: all the various units of Paramotint, which this year are buying pictures individually as against home ofilce blanket deals as .in years past. New; England, Salt Lake division, Colorado territory» Balaban & Katz, Sapnger, and Kincey & Wilby are among locally - operated Publix units which will glye ^ WB wide coverage this season. Deal spotting Par iJlctures in Warner /theatres was closed seve- ral weeks ago. V. to L. A. George H. Allpbrt.. Stellia Bailey, .irvins Berlin. Dorothy Dell. George Frartk. GwenlUan Gill. Nita HarveVi '' .Patsy Ruth Miller. B. P. Schulberg. Robert Slnclatr Scott. Sylvia Sidney. Sidney Skolsky. William Stelllng. XjUcIUe de Tblt. £>onald Tidbury. Sidne y__T o.wls6n. - -Jjl-,- Loretta Walker. Sammy White. L. A. to N* Y. Matt Allen. Roy Disney. John f'ord. Sol Uesser. W. B. Murphy. William Weimdn. LENSMEN HAVE IMIUMPACr ^Hollywood, Oct. 9. Whether or., not the general rank and file of ca,meramen know, it, the group is protected, by a minimum wage .scale agreement with the major companies, and .Hbward Hurd, business representative of In- ternational Photographers, 659, lATSE, Is . wasting a lot of time In filing protests in Washington. Negotiations were, completed, for continuance of - the minimum scale and working conditions fgr the cameramen ispme time In September by cpmmlttees representing the ma- jor cpihpahies and the American Spciety of Cinenaatpgraphers.. . The new deal fpr the cameramen was' made fpllpwing withdrawal of the. lATSE Ipcals frpm the basic studip agreement at the time pf .the July strike. The walkput vpided the wage agreement fpr cameramen which had existed fcr five years. All Selective With the blpwup pf the strike, and many catheramen Jumping ever tP the ASC frbm ;the lA, prpducers were agreeable tb making the mini- mum, wage agreement with the nen- unipn grpup. Neither prpducers npr ASC pfllcialS will discUs^ the mat- ter, as It Is understppd a.gteemeht has been mad@ that .the pact will net .b6 disclpsed until aftbt the In-. dUstry cede has been' set. Hurd,--representing the camera- men fpr the lATSB in Washingtpn, iijed a protest with . Deputy Adminr Istratpr sbl Rpsenblatt last Thurs- day (5), claiming the cameramen had np . Wage agreement with the prpducers, and, asking that minlr Ilium bcali^s fpr the varlpus classi- ficatip'ns be. Included In the Industry cede.! Steamed Up. Ih.. conducting . his campaign in Washington, Hurd has been delug- ing local offices of the union with daily 'wirbs, asking that protest wires be sent to Rosenblatt. Union activity has steamed up many of the cameramen and . members of the local, who are afraid that prpducers ^111 attempt tp cut general salaries ^l"lhe"crail'"wilTfi'np'wa^b"aB^^ in effect.. . It Is understpod that Rosenblatt will Ignere. the protests of the lATSB cameramen, and he already has a, cppy pf the wage agreement between, the majprs and the ASC. This Is supppsedly the reasen that thje cameramen 'were Ignpred In the cede when: classlflcatiens of m-ini- niutn scales for workers w^'e set ut> W Rpsenbliatt. WashirigtPn,. Oct. Seme pf the clausej^ In the Gpv- ernmeht'S tentative cede which vice schedulei^ tp remain; intact in the fprmula, unless spmethlng unexpe<».t- ed develpps to change the present outlook, are therfollowing: The all-'linportiiiit code .atitliorlty U lle- flhed- thus: 1. A'Code Authority of the Motion. Pic- ttir'e Indttstiy .constituted .aa lii tl^la. Attlcle'. provided.' and ' herein referred . to' aa' .the 'Code Authority ^hall Admlhlqter .thto Code^ and shall have euch'.iMwors as shall he necesisary therefor, together trltb suob other poweris ' and duties as' are- prescribed In this Code. 2. - fa) The Code Authority t of the following:. (b) As andi when any question directly, or Indirectly alfecting any class of em-, ployeea. engaged In :the motion picture in- dustry la to be considered by the Code Authority, bne represeniatlve'ot such class, selected by the A<^''>lnlstrator from nomlnaT. tlona made, by such class .In euch manner as may be pres.cribed .by. the Administrator,, shall alt with iBind be^come for aucb purposes' a member of the' -Code Authority With ai right to Vote. (c) The Administrator ma^ dbslt^ate boit' more tban three additional persons without Vote who shall not have any direct, - t>er-. sbnal interest In the motion picture indus- try: nor represent any. interest adverse to the Interest of those engaged therein,- as representatlvea of the Administration. (d) In case of the absence, resignation; death, IneliglfoiUty or Incapacity of any member of the Code Authority to act, an alternate of the' same general class of the industry. and' a bona flde -executive or, as the case~ may be,- a bona, iflde Bxhibltor, designated by' him' shall.'a4;t in - place of such member. Siich.' designated alternate. shall be -certified to the Code Authority, but the Code Authority may . reject such' alternate - and require. ainother to be desig- nated. 4. The,' Authority may make' such rules'. as to meetings an.d other procedural mat- ters as It may from, time - to time deter- mine. 6. The Code Authority may from time to tinle . appoint CommitteeiS' 'which may in- clude or 'be constituted' dlT'persons IhcliiH-' )ng or other than.-members of the Code' Authority aa It shall deem necessary . to ef-. fectuate the. purpose of this. Code, .-and may dele gate to any such Committee, generally or In particular instances siicb- power a'nd authority, within, the scope of the'powers' granted to-the- Code Authority under'thia Code. The Code Authority . may. at any time. remove from - any Committee any member thereof. The .Code Authority ahali co-ordinate the dutiea of the Committees, with si, view to promoting Joint 'and har- monious iactloil' upon matters Of common Interjest. 6. (a). The 'Code Authority shall be em- powered to collect from the> members of the industry all -data- aiad statisticu .required by the President,' or reasonably pertinent to the effectuation Of - Title I of the Na- tional Industrial Recovery Act: and com- pile the same and disseminate ambng the. members Of the Industry summaries thereof, all in BUcb 'form and manner aa the Code' Authority or the Administration aball pre- scribe. AH' auch atatlatica,. daita and In- formation of any. one member of the In- dustry' shall not be ,revealed 'to- any other member.. The' dissemination of summaries of such information shall not be deemed a disclosure thereof. In addition to Informa- tion required to be submitted to the Code Authority, there 'shall, be furnished to gov- ernment agencies - aiich' atatlatical Informa- tion as. the Administrator may deem neces- sary for the purposes recited In - Section, 8 (a) of the National Industrial , Recovery Act. (b) The Code Authority shall have ttae right to make independent investigations of violations or alleged violations of the Code by any branch of the Industry or by any person, firm or corporation engaged In any branch- of the Industry; and in con- nection, with any such Investigations, the Code Authority shall have the right to call' upon any persona, flrma or corpora- tions . engaged In the Industry to furnish to the Code Authority, or to its duly au- thorized agenclea for that purpose, all orig- inal booka, contracts, docume'nta, records, and. any other data which it may desli'e to have produced before It, and the per- sons, firms or corporations so called upon shall furnish the material so requested of them with all due diligence. Failure to produce any such original books, contracts, documents, records, and any other data so requested by the Code Authority shall be a violation of this Code.. 7. The Code Authority shall assist the National Recovery Administrator In admin- istering the provisions of this Code, in making Investlgatioha as to the function- ing or observance of any of the provisions of this Code at Its own Instance or on the. complaint of any. person, .and shall- report to the Administrator-on any such matters; may initiate and shall consider such rec- ommendations and regulations and Inter- pretations, including, trade practices, as may come before it. 8. (a) The Code Authority shall have the right to appoint, .'remove,' and fix the com- pensation of all persons whom it may em- ploy to assist it In any capacity whatsoever in administering this Code, ■ (b) The expenses of the Code Authority in administering this Code shall be budg- eted aind fairly allocated among the three divisions'.of the industry and -assessed against the respective members - thereof subject to. this Code, in suCh manner i^s shall be determined by the Code Authority. .-.(c) Failure to promptly pay any assess-' ment or levy made , pursuant to an 'order of the Code Authority as an' expense' of administering thia Code ah'all be a violation of this Code. :Wlth regard to the new atktUa of labor under the code It 1» recited: 6. A. Employees aaaoclated with organ- izations of or performing the dutiea of car- pentera, electrical workers, engineers, flre- .men, motion picture machine operator^, oilers, painters, theatrical stage. employees, theatrical wardrobe attendants, or other skilled mechanics and artisans, and musi- cians, who^are directly and reigularly em- ployed by the. Exhibitors, shall receive the minimum.' wage and work the malim'um number of. hOurs' per week fixed, aa of August 23, 1933, the prevailing, scale of wages and ma ximum number of hours of MHbOT'-By=Bi^liatl6n3=^)Y'8ucH'^orBuch-e^^^^ ployeea afilllated with the American Feder- ation of Irfibor with respect to their re- spective type of work In a particular clasa of theatre or theatres in a particular loca- tion In a particular community, and such scales and hours of labor with respect to any of such employees in auch comralinlty shall be deemed to be, and hereby abe de- clared to be, the minimum scale of wages and maximum number of hours with re- spect to such employees in such communi- ties in auch claas of theatre or -theatres. B. In'the event that there exist In the particular community organiz9,tlona of such employees aboVe mentioned, whether such «rganIzationa are apUiated as above set forth or otherwise, and (1) no prevailing scale of wages and maximum number of hours |. for such employees exist In' auchi commlinity with respeot to auch employees or (2) any dispute should arise as to 'wha't is the minimum scale of wages or tha maximum number of hours of labor with respect to any of such employees for a nais tloulaj class of theatre or theatrea In any particular community, then, and In either of thoae evehta: . ; . (a) If the question at Issue arises with the prganizatlon of such employees afflllatea (Cbntlnued .on pajge 4a) DARING MASS. STICK-UP NETS BANDITS $4,500 Worcester^ 9. Forcing Manager- Ralph W. Mc- iGlOwia,n and his wife and Assistant Manager. Rpbert R. Pprtlo..^ their autoihobile and drive back itpm their .,homes to the Poll-Pair ace theatre about i: 30 o'clock this mornlhg (Menday), twp unmasked bandits, armed with a machine Efuri, saWed-Off shotgun and autb- liiatic, fbreed iPortle fp open the theatre safe' and hand oVer ap^ iproxlmately $4,500, the Sunday, r€?i ce^lpts.. It .was the. most daring; robbery here in years. Befbre leaving the theatre tlio bandits locked McGbwah, his wife, Portle,' a policeman who had been relieved of his gun by the pair, and a porter Into a small closet, which they locked. It took the .pa- trolman .20 minutes to batter down' the-.i?opiv ^- Mr. and Mrs. McGpwan had been trailed tP. their hpme by the ban- dits, and as they were abput to alight frpm their autpmpbile the thu^s drew alpngslde and de- manded the safe cpmbinatlon. Mc-- Gbwan, With the artillery under hler chin, Insisted that Pprtle was the PDly person whp knew the cpmi>i- natipn. McGcWan and his., wife, were then prdered intp the bandit car, which was driven tP Pprtle's hpme. The grpup waited there un- til. Pbrtle arrived and he -was fbreed at guiipplnt to jpin them and return tp the theatre. - After cutting the t)hpne wlrea the five entered the theatre office, where a policeman was guarding; the money. The bandits disarmed him and ordered Portle to Ppen the safe and hand, over the money. Ducking Big Pay (Continued from page 6) heads attending the Jphnspn cpnfab say that the General did net qubtei the President as stipulating anjif level. And pthera have it frpm White Hpuse spurces that nb mazi* mUm figure has been mentipned. If this salary thing basn't a maximum in the windup, then 'lan- guage' can take care pf the situa-*. tipn and make nice reading fpr jpb^, less Americans. The .talks with Jphnspn, hpwever^ have served pne pbylPus purppse, at least. They have virtually re-united the Hays fleck. Cpmpanies like Unl-: versal and Cplumbia np Ipnger aire ph the dpprstep. It's a cpmmpn cause npw With the pnie fpr all. pen- nant back.^n the Haysian .pple. 1* But Will Hays, whb is. alwaya arpuhd when his boys run into any real snags, ia out ox town this aftbr- ' nppn and Harry Warner is leaving tpnlght .tp return Wednesday with the phllpsophy, 'The feilpws who talk don't know; what they are say- lug, and the feilpws whp knbW are npt talking,' and Warner adds that he Is net doirie a walkput but lis just leavinig tp attend a New Yprk birth- day.pak-ty. Finally,, thi^re are spme whp say. Jphnson tPld the l)pys tp clean their.. Own nests. These understand 'they! can't have any mere • bpnuses, aiid they a^d that the big lads neVer, cpnsidered a salary ccntrbl bpard. • At the press cPnference this mPrnIng Rpsenblatt said he hpped to have the rrevised code, the flniaj; formula, today (Tuei^day) or te- •mprrpw. He also announced that he expected Article 10, the producei; headache, tonig ht.- Last-night rcp-i- resentatives - for majors also werei willing to bet that 10 wrill b6 out tphight, Rpsenblatt then annpunced laltjpr Is set; ' that the Johnson party was 'a very friendly gathering.' The deputy also said he exipecte^ 'plenty of signatures' to the cpde, re- fusing tp reveal whether seme Pf the exhibits whp: have already gpne hpme have left their, approval for any kind pf fprmula that gets thrpugh.